Buying A Home

RIGHT BRAIN / LEFT BRAIN

Which Side of the Brain Buys the House?

The two sides of the brain process information differently. The right hemisphere is visual and looks at the big picture. The left is analytical and likes numbers, concepts and ideas. The right side sees a beautiful house in a beautiful place, while the left side sees a 2500 square foot house on a 15,000 sq.ft. lot overlooking a 120-acre lake.

The person with a dominant left brain lines up details, arranges them in a logical order, and draws conclusions. The left brain person may be impatient with the overview, and eager to know details underlying the home’s features and how the home’s value can be measured.

The right brain is the emotional side. While the left brain is measuring the dimensions of the windows, the right brain notes that the room will have plenty of light.

The left brain makes lists. Right-brainers jump randomly from one detail to another. If you’re right-brain dominant, the decision to buy a home may take longer — not because you don’t love it, but because you need to absorb every aspect of the purchase.

Right-siders are imaginative and creative. They need to visualize the home’s decorating scheme before a contract is signed. The right brain loves the process; the left brain cuts to the chase – what are the taxes, how deep is the lake, what financing options are available?

Of course, we make home-buying decisions with both sides of our brains. Buyers will come to a conclusion on the basis of many factors. A home with superior value, beautiful natural surroundings, and a community full of happy residents will convince both sides of both brains.

If one half of a couple is right brain dominant and the other half leans the other way, the process of buying can be challenging (“Don’t rush me,” we hear the right brain saying). Nevertheless, with eyes on the prize, right and left brains will work happily with their counterparts, exchanging ideas and images until they both agree, ”It’s just right for us. Let’s buy it!”